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  • Sec.  701. Flood control generally.
  • Sec.  701-1. Declaration of policy of 1944 act.
  • Sec.  701a. Declaration of policy of 1936 act.
  • Sec.  701a-1. "Flood control" defined; jurisdiction of Federal investigations.
  • Sec.  701b. Supervision of Secretary of the Army; reclamation projects unaffected.
  • Sec.  701b-1. Transfer of jurisdiction in certain cases to Department of Agriculture.
  • Sec.  701b-2. Cooperation by Secretaries of the Army and Agriculture; expenditures.
  • Sec.  701b-3. Examinations and surveys; availability of appropriations.
  • Sec.  701b-4. Administration of surveys; number authorized; reports.
  • Sec.  701b-5. Omitted.
  • Sec.  701b-6. Examinations and surveys by Secretary of Agriculture.
  • Sec.  701b-7. Supplemental reports to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and House Public Works Committee.
  • Sec.  701b-8. Submission of report by Chief of Engineers.
  • Sec.  701b-8a. Discontinuance of preliminary examination reports.
  • Sec.  701b-9. Availability of appropriations for expenses incident to operation of power boats or vessels; expenses defined; certification of expenditures.
  • Sec.  701b-10. Revolving fund; establishment; availability; reimbursement; transfer of funds; limitation.
  • Sec.  701b-11. Flood protection projects.
  • Sec.  701b-12. Floodplain management requirements.
  • Sec.  701b-13. Construction of flood control projects by non-Federal interests.
  • Sec.  701c. Rights-of-way, easements, etc.; acquisition by local authorities; maintenance and operation; protection of United States from liability for damages; requisites to run-off and water-flow retardation and soil erosion prevention assistance.
  • Sec.  701c-1. Acquirement of titles for certain projects and to lands, easements, rights-of-way; reimbursement of local agencies.
  • Sec.  701c-2. Acquisition and sale of land.
  • Sec.  701c-3. Lease receipts; payment of portion to States.
  • Sec.  701d. Compacts between States; consent of Congress.
  • Sec.  701e. Effect of act June 22, 1936, on provisions for Mississippi River and other projects.
  • Sec.  701f. Authorization of appropriations.
  • Sec.  701f-1. Additional authorization.
  • Sec.  701f-2. Funds for specific and authorized projects merged with and accounted for under regular annual appropriation.
  • Sec.  701f-3. Expenditure in watersheds of funds appropriated for flood prevention purposes.
  • Sec.  701g. Removal of obstructions; clearing channels.
  • Sec.  701h. Contributions by States and political subdivisions.
  • Sec.  701h-1. Contributions by States and political subdivisions for immediate use on authorized flood-control work; repayment.
  • Sec.  701i. Elimination from protection of areas subject to evacuation.
  • Sec.  701j. Installation in dams of facilities for future development of hydroelectric power.
  • Sec.  701k. Crediting reimbursements for lost, stolen, or damaged property.
  • Sec.  701m. Insufficient Congressional authorization; preparations for and modification of project.
  • Sec.  701n. Emergency response to natural disasters.
  • Sec.  701o. Omitted.
  • Sec.  701p. Railroad bridge alterations at Federal expense.
  • Sec.  701q. Repair and protection of highways, railroads, and utilities damaged by operation of dams or reservoir.
  • Sec.  701r. Protection of highways, bridge approaches, public works, and nonprofit public services.
  • Sec.  701r-1. Utilization of public roads.
  • Sec.  701s. Small flood control projects; appropriations; amount limitation for single locality; conditions.
  • Sec.  701t. Emergency fund for flood damage; amount; commitments to be fulfilled by local interests.
  • Sec.  701u. International engineering or scientific conferences; attendance.
  • Sec.  702. Mississippi River.
  • Sec.  702a. Adoption of 1927 project; execution; creation of board; scope of authority; appropriation.
  • Sec.  702a-1. Modification of project of 1927; adoption.
  • Sec.  702a-11/2. Further modification of 1927 project; adoption; appropriation.
  • Sec.  702a-13/4. Further modification; adoption.
  • Sec.  702a-2. Abandonment of Boeuf Floodway.
  • Sec.  702a-3. Levees; raising and enlarging.
  • Sec.  702a-4. Fuse-plug levees.
  • Sec.  702a-5. Back levee north of Eudora Floodway.
  • Sec.  702a-6. Drainage necessitated by floodway levees.
  • Sec.  702a-7. Railroad and highway crossings over floodways.
  • Sec.  702a-8. Additional roads; construction by United States.
  • Sec.  702a-9. Lands, easements, and rights-of-way; acquisition by local authorities; reimbursement; protection of United States from liability for damages.
  • Sec.  702a-10. Flowage rights and rights-of-way; reimbursement of local authorities; highway crossings; use of properties for national forests or wildlife refuges.
  • Sec.  702a-11. Morganza Floodway; Eudora Floodway.
  • Sec.  702a-12. Modified Lower Mississippi River project as of August 18, 1941.
  • Sec.  702b. Local contribution toward cost of flood control work.
  • Sec.  702c. Expenditures for construction work; conditions precedent; liability for damage from flood waters; condemnation proceedings; floodage rights.
  • Sec.  702d. Flowage rights; condemnation proceedings; benefits to property.
  • Sec.  702d-1. Bonnet Carre Spillway and Floodway; rights-of-way, etc., over lands.
  • Sec.  702e. Maps for project; preparation.
  • Sec.  702f. Expenditures for earlier projects.
  • Sec.  702g. Appropriation for emergency fund.
  • Sec.  702g-1. Additional appropriation for emergency fund.
  • Sec.  702h. Prosecution of project by Mississippi River Commission; president of commission; salaries.
  • Sec.  702h-1. Transferred.
  • Sec.  702i. Certain sections applicable to property and rights acquired or constructed.
  • Sec.  702j. Projects relating to tributary streams; report to Congress; appropriation.
  • Sec.  702j-1. Saint Francis and Yazoo Rivers; lands and easements; alteration of highways; cooperation of States.
  • Sec.  702j-2. White River Levee District; rights-of-way; drainage facilities; flowage rights; acquisition by local authorities; protection of United States from liability for damages.
  • Sec.  702k. Surveys below Cape Girardeau, Missouri; resurvey of levee in Tennessee.
  • Sec.  702k-1. Authorization of appropriation.
  • Sec.  702k-2. Separability.
  • Sec.  702l. Repeal of inconsistent laws.
  • Sec.  702m. Interest of Members of Congress in contracts for acquisition of land.
  • Sec.  702n. Levee rights-of-way; payment or reimbursement for.
  • Sec.  703. Sacramento River, California.
  • Sec.  704. Modification of project.
  • Sec.  705. Salmon River, Alaska; flood control work authorized.
  • Sec.  706. Secretary of Commerce; current precipitation information; appropriation.
  • Sec.  707. Sumner Dam and Lake Sumner; declaration of purpose; report to Congress; appropriation.
  • Sec.  708. Sale of surplus waters for domestic and industrial uses; disposition of moneys.
  • Sec.  709. Regulations for use of storage waters; application to Tennessee Valley Authority.
  • Sec.  709a. Information on floods and flood damage.
  • Sec.  709b. Flood hazard information.
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